tab

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See also: Tab, TAB, t.a.b., t-ab, тав, and Тав

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

tab

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tabasaran.

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tæb/, [tʰæb̥]
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb

Etymology 1[edit]

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
  2. (slang) An ear.
  4. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
  5. (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
    How many tabs are open in your Web browser?
  6. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.

Verb[edit]

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)

  1. (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
  2. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
    Put this round on my tab, please, barman.
  3. (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
    • 1984, Time, volume 123, number 1:
      Moreover, at a tab of $9 million, the system's price is about $1 million less than a conventional heating-cooling plant […]
  4. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
    Synonyms: tabulator, \t
    • 2016 May 29, Carson Mell, “Bachmanity Insanity”, in Silicon Valley, season 3, episode 6, spoken by Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch):
      No no no no I don't, it's not hate, hate is a strong word, truth be told I do have a slight preference for tabs but that's only because I'm anal and because I prefer precision.

Verb[edit]

tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)

  1. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
    • 2010, Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4, page 210:
      You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.
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Etymology 3[edit]

Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (Geordie and Mackem) A cigarette.
    Lend us a tab!
Translations[edit]
cigarette — see cigarette

References[edit]

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Etymology 4[edit]

Clipping of tablature

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Translations[edit]
tablature — see tablature

Etymology 5[edit]

Clipping of Cantab, from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.
    • 1995 January 20, Paul Thomas, “Re: >Re: Those 'orrible Tabs”, in rec.sport.rowing‎[1] (Usenet):
      You should have been there---it was a good race. Just to clarify matters for the hard of understanding, the tabs led for about 1500m before turning to shrapnel, and Oxford eventually won by 3/4 length.
    • 1995 February 7, "Laser Cartridge" [username], “Re: Cambridge News, again.”, in rec.sport.rowing‎[2] (Usenet):
      Before Rachel gets in with a stab at the Tabs' coxing efforts, may I say that my experience of coxes on the Isis is somewhat similar.
    • 1998 January 17, whitey [username], “Re: Tab bashing (was University Challenge - Its pish)”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.misc‎[3] (Usenet):
      Plus, there's always been a healthy rivalry between the tabs and us, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it ;-)
    • 2002 March 27, The Guv'nor [username], “Re: My target this week was...”, in uk.rec.bodybuilding‎[4] (Usenet):
      I hope the Tabs get beaten! :-) I support Oxford for no real reason but they have a bad habit of losing to Cambridge recently.
    • 2002 March 29, Caroline Smith, “Re: Lifejackets thread returns... [was Re: Boat Race]”, in rec.sport.rowing‎[5] (Usenet):
      I have nothing against the girl (other than the fact she's a tab!), but it does strike me as a little daft!!
    • 2006 March 30, JY [username], “Veterans Boat Race (that's Oxford, England vs Cambridge, England)”, in rec.sport.rowing‎[6] (Usenet):
      Anybody know who won? ¶ Or should that be, how much did the Tabs win by? ;-)

Etymology 6[edit]

Clipping of tabloid.

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
    • 1999, George H. Douglas, The Golden Age of the Newspaper‎[7], page 229:
      By 1926 the tabloid mania was at full tilt, and the tabs in New York went at each other with hammer and tong.
    • 2010, Robert Lusetich, Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season‎[8]:
      That is the attitude of the tabs: they cover the world's most important city.

Etymology 7[edit]

Clipping of tablet.

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Graduation Weekend:
      Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.
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Etymology 8[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab (plural tabs)

  1. (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.
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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Derived from the verb tabe (“to lose”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab n (singular definite tabet, plural indefinite tab)

  1. loss
  2. casualty
Declension[edit]
Declension of tab
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tab tabet tab tabene
genitive tabs tabets tabs tabenes

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tab

  1. imperative of tabe

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French table.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab

  1. table

Nawdm[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Kabiyé tɔʋ, Gur Lama tʋn, Tem tɔ́ɔ́wʊ, Mbelime ta̰nbù, Gourmanchéma dabanli, Moba talbann, Farefare tãpɔ, Moore tãpo, Dagbani tɔbu, Ntcham butɔbu.

Noun[edit]

tab b (plural tawni ɦi)

  1. bow

References[edit]

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[9], SIL International

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tab

  1. Romanization of 𒋰 (tab)

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English table (table → tab; compare French: table, Latin: tabula, Interlingua: tabula, Esperanto: tablo, Ido: tablo).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab (nominative plural tabs)

  1. table (item of furniture)

Declension[edit]

declension of tab
singular plural
nominative tab tabs
genitive taba tabas
dative tabe tabes
accusative tabi tabis
vocative 1 o tab! o tabs!
predicative 2 tabu tabus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from "tab"

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English tab.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tab m (plural tabiau or tabs)

  1. tab (numerous senses)
    Mae gen ti ormod o dabiau ar agor.
    You've got too many tabs open.
    Rho fe ar y tab.
    Put it on the tab.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tab dab nhab thab
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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